The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1887-10-13

Eastern manufacturers and the New
York and Boston cotton houses. The
dispatch says that it has been DIS
covered that the custom officers here
| in Boston have been systematically
undertaking imported wool. Collector
MagOne said that to the best of his
belief it was canards "Of course, -
| he said, tserrOrS are made by the ap-
praiserS and iquidatorS, but strict
record is kept of the per cent. Of errors
made by each man, and II q mans
percentage is large, send IN for him
and require an explanation. Such
errors could not occur too frequently
without being discovered and re-
ported.
| TO BE MADE TO ANSWER FOR HIS CON-
DUCT.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-Surveyor
Beattie has preferred charges against
which arrived here from Naples two
weeks ago with cholera on board. 1t is
alleged that the Captain did not pro-
vide proper hospitals for his pasSeng-
ers; that he failed to provide tables and
seats for the steerage passengers, and
that in his manifest OF passengers he
did not give the cause of death of the
passengers who died on the passage.
Captain Wallet was held In 81, eco bond
RAVAaEs OF HOG CHOLERA.
GENEsEo. Ill, Oct. S.-Within the
past three weeks over fxe hundred
head of hogs have died Of cholera in
Western township. The disease is
slowly spreading and is taking both old
and young hogs. The loss from this
cause to the farmers of Henry county
this fall already amounts to Sl2 600.
TO THE TUNE OF $4,000.
MILWAUKEE, Wis, Oct. 10.-A spe-
cial to the Evening Wisconsin from
Green Bay says: The Merchants s.
Miners bank of Iron Mountain, Mich
igan, closed Saturday. 1t is understood
that the cashier has skipped to Canada
with S15, 900.
A HEAVY HAUL.
LITTLE Rock, Oct. 1O.-A heavy rob-
berry of the Pacific express safe some
where between Little Rock and north
ern Texas, on the Iron Mountain road,
occurred several days ago, but
few facts only developed in a quiet
way to-day. The safe was one with
combination known only to agents at
the principal stations. A few days ago
on reaching Texarkana with his run,
the messenger in charge of this had his
way bills checked 0. K. He said he
had to go to Dallas and see the super
intendent about some business. He
went, returned, then went to st. Louis,
and then over to Illinois. Down
in Texas a couple of days later
the discovery was made OF the
robbery. The amount is not exactly
known, but is estimated from $50, 600
to $4,000. The agent here could not
tell, but knew the sum was large. The
name OF the messenger whose absence
caused suspicion to rest upon him is j.
B. Owens, one of the oldest and most
trusted messengers in the service, and
who recently delivered $4,000 safely.
Since the discovery of the robbery de-
tectives have been searching for
Owens, but thus far without success.
The theory is that he robbed the safe,
and that he was in collision with some
agent or clerk who knew the combin-
alton, which is carefully kept from
messengers, and which, it is not be-
lieved, he could have obtained at his
will.
A CASE OF BLACKSIAIL.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, Oct. 1O.-Ruth
Whitfield, 1S years of age, and her aunt,
Emma Whitfield, ~ years, who live at
q Hewlett Street, were arrested this
afternoon on charge of blackmail,
preferred. by Prof. Albert A. Nichol..
SON, of the Case School of
most widely known educators
in Ohio. Ruth Whitfield. until within
a few days was a domestic for the fam
lily of Prof. Nicholson. Last Saturday,
the Professor claims, the girl and her
aunt visited him, and after charging
him with having attempted liberties
with Ruth, then offered to set
tie the affair. Ruth wanted 500. Her
| aunt said she wanted S25 as her share
for refusing to expose the Professor.
| Mr.. Nicholson pretended to accept the
terms, and invited them to call at his
| Office in the Case School
Monday noon. The women were
on hand at the appointed
hour, and two witnesses were
| situated conveniently near to hear the
conversation between the Professor
and his accusers. After the demands
| made on Saturday was repeated, Mr..
| Nicholson stepped to the door and
| called to detective and an officer, who
were in waiting outside. The women
| were openly accused of blackmail,
| and the officer took them to the Central
Station. where they were locked up.
| THAT EXPRESS ROBBERY.
CHICAGO, Oct. 1.-THE Chicago Of
fcials OF the express company ad-
mitted this morning that the Com
pany's General Manager, E. Morse
man, was personally attending the
| developments in the Iron Mountain
robbery. Mr.. MOrseman's exact where
aboutS could not be learned, however,
and the impression was given that he
was secretly closeted with the accused
Messenger Owen. An employe, who
| is acquainted with Owen, expressed
| great surprise that the latter should be
| implicated, and said that Owen was
held in such esteem for sObriety and
| trustwOrthineSs, it was hard to tell
| which caused more establishment, his
alleged drunkenness or his theft.
| ST. LOUIS, Oct. 11.-Superintende
| Fuller, of the Iron Mountain Railroad,
received telegram this evening from
| A. Morseman, who is now in Chicago
assisting in tracing the. robbers of the
express company. Owens is crazy from
drink, and trouble. He isSnow in his
sound mind, and everything is salts
| factorily explained. There is no loss
for grounds for criminal proceedings.
There is no objection to so informing
| his wife and friends. The amount of
money sent in Owens charge Monday
| 500; the authorities here have no further
| information as to its recovery.
SEVERE sT0RM.
| NOGALEZ, A. T., Oct. 12.-One of
the most disastrous storms ever known
on the southern coast of Mexico oc-
CURED on the 9TH and 9Th. The city of
| Quelito, town of more than s, 900 peo-
pie, was totally destroyed and many
lives lost. kilograms give accounts of
the most affecting scenes, many women,
children and men were. .foundering in
the stormy current and crying for help,
which was not at hand. No particu-
| lars are obtainable as the wires are
down. Later dispatches report the en-
tire coffee and orange crop in Sinola de-
| stroyed.
SWEPT BY FLAMES.
| SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. I2-For the
past four days forest fires have been
raging in Sonoma, Alameda, San Mateo
and Santa Cruz counties all in the vi
cinity of the bay of San Francisco. In
Alameda thirteen miles have been
swept clean and the ground is covered
with the carcaSSes of all kinds of dead
animals. In San Mateo several bridges
and single mills have been leveled tC
the ground. In Santa Cruz two box
mills have been destroyed. From So
noma comes the worst report. The
flames have Travelled two miles in the
past tWenty-fOur hours and devastated